Pink Martini, the Weinland Supergroup, Storm Large, a Bond-themed dance party, and an epic DJ throw down at the art museum are only a few reasons to go out.

Pink Martini is just one of the New Year's Eve possibilities in our roundup.

New Year’s Eve can be a tricky road to navigate. If successful, you’ll be getting smashed while looking smashing in your best formal wear, or stumbling into some speakeasy performance by a local rockstar. Less successful, you're paying through the nose to go to some bar you can go to for free any other night of the year, or, worse, you’re drinking Korbel in your pajamas while watching a Law & Order marathon. Alone.

To help guide you into 2013, we picked 13 of the best parties, concerts, and shows to make it the most memorable night of this year—or next.

For those who want to dress up and be classy:

Pink Martini Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 7pm and 10pm It seems time might stop altogether if the New Year was not ushered in by China Forbes, Thomas Lauderdale, and the internationally-flavored, small-scale orchestral sounds of Pink Martini. The Portland Youth Philharmonic joins in for this annual tradition, as the band culls from a nearly 20-year repertoire.

Storm LargeAladdin Theatre, 10pmPortland's own blonde bombshell takes a break from performing with Pink Martini to throw a riotous New Year's show of her own. We saw her NYE show two years ago, and even though she had a wicked cold and was on crazy sinus drugs—her snot towel became a running joke and totally clashed with her shimmering gown—she still bowled us over with her voice and had us rolling in our seats with her dirty wit. Come to think of it, maybe the cold medicine helped...

For those who want to dance till they drop:

InspireTruth Portland Art Museum, 9pm – 4:30am If you’re looking for more than the usual drinking, dancing, and sloppy kisses at midnight, head on down to PAM for InspireTruth, a "transformative" affair, with art, live music, and an army of DJs spread out over three dancefloors. Performers range from the tsunami sound of MarchFourth Marching Band to bass-heavy VibeSquaD to ambient Solovox to the tribal trip-hop of Kaminanda, among many many others. We're giving away a pair of tickets here.

Get In! Dig a Pony / Union Pine, 8pmDJ Cooky Parker, known for digging deep into the soul stacks for his monthly dance night In the Cooky Jar, revs up a NYE dance party that cannot be contained to one location. Limos will be onhand to usher you and your friends between Dig a Pony and Union Pine, where the nonstop action includes live sets from Parker, Shy Girls, Magic Mouth, Nathan Detroit, and so many more.

DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid Bossanova Ballroom, 9pm It's been 12 years since PortlandDJs Anjali and The Incredible Kid made their New Year's debut, and in that time the party has only gotten bigger: the duo played to the largest crowd in their career on NYE 2012. This year, they hope to make the party even more massive, as they bring their Bollywood and bhangra beats back to the Bossanova Ballroom.

'60s Soul Revival Someday Lounge, 9pm This year’s funkiest NYE celebration pairs matching-suit swingers The Satin Chaps, who deal in European go-go steeped in soul, sex, and style, with rockin' soul outfit Brownish Black. As singers Vicki Porter and M.D. Sharbatz trade sparring vocals in this raw R&B/garage hybrid, they simultaneously answer the musical question: what if Etta James joined the Animals? Tease up your hair and slip on your dancing shoes for this rare night of soul!

For those who want to ring the bell with music:

Weinland's NYE Supergroup Doug Fir Lounge, 9pm For the fourth year running, folk-rock outfit Weinland enlists an army of friends and local musicians to transform, like some Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger of Rock, into a superbad cover band. Warm up those vocal chords and sing along with a setlist that spans the best of the last five decades. Special guests include The Minus 5, featuring Peter friggin’ Buck and once-and-future Young Fresh Fellow Scott McCaughey.

Typhoon Mississippi Studios, 9pm If you’re tired of pinballing through the NYE crowds, come see how professionals do it, when the dozen members of band-meets-orchestra, Typhoon, squeeze onto the Mississippi Studios stage for an intimate show.

Quasi Bunk Bar, 9pm Stealing away moments from their busy schedules, Sam Coomes (Deep Fried Boogie Band, Blues Goblins) and Janet Weiss (Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney), make a special hometown NYE appearance. The formerly married duo has returned to the basement and is hard at work on a new album that, according to the band, will "come out sometime after it's done." Something to look forward to after the glimmer of NYE has faded.

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience Alberta Rose Theatre, 7pm and 10pm Master mandolin player David Grisman, a featured musician on the Grateful Dead’s 1970 country-rock-folk fusion masterpiece American Beauty, brings his foot-stompin' "dawg music" to town. Harmonious local folk duo, Shook Twins, open both the early and late shows.

And for those who want to laugh:

Jimmy Pardo Helium Comedy Club, 7:30pm and 10pm Comedian Jimmy Pardo, host of the Never Not Funny podcast, or "Pardcast," and a frequent guest on Conan, performs back-to-back NYE sets. Late-night guests will receive a ticket to a future comedy show, party favors, midnight champagne toast, and a post-show dessert buffet! You know what they say, “Come for the comedy, stay for the dessert buffet.”

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